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Kenneth Allsop

Kenneth AllsopBorn: 29-Jan-1920
Birthplace: Yorkshire, England
Died: 23-May-1973
Location of death: Bridport, Dorset, England
Cause of death: Accident - Overdose [1]

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Critic, TV Personality, Author

Nationality: England
Executive summary: London Evening News book critic


[1] Overdose of barbiturates (open verdict).

Father: (civil servant)
Wife: Betty Ashton Creak (m. 1942, two sons, one daughter)

    Administrator: Rector, University of Edinburgh (1968-)
    Scholar: Research Fellow, Merton College, Oxford University (1968-)

    John Llewellyn Rhys Prize

Author of books:
Adventure Lit Their Star (1949)
The Sun Himself Must Die (1949, short stories)
The Angry Decade (1958)
The Bootleggers (1961)
Hard Trevellin' (1968)
In the Country (1972)





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